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On behalf of Elvanor ( a in the process New Developer ) I would like to |
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present the osgi.eclass. |
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What is OSGi, well.... |
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Copied directly from wikipedia [1] |
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"The Framework implements a complete and dynamic component model, |
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something that is missing in standalone Java/VM environments. |
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Applications or components (coming in the form of bundles for |
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deployment) can be remotely installed, started, stopped, updated and |
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uninstalled without requiring a reboot; management of Java |
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packages/classes is specified in great detail. Life cycle management is |
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done via APIs which allow for remote downloading of management policies. |
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The service registry allows bundles to detect the addition of new |
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services, or the removal of services, and adapt accordingly." |
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Basically and for all the purposes that you will care about, the eclass |
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adds information to a jar's Manifest file that can then be used by the |
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OSGi framework ( aka currently eclipse ). Without this functionality we |
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will not be able to use system jars for our eclipse package. |
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you may find an example ebuild that uses the osgi class at |
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http://overlays.gentoo.org/svn/proj/java/java-experimental/dev-java/swt/swt-3.3-r1.ebuild |
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and the eclass is attached and located at |
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http://overlays.gentoo.org/svn/proj/java/java-experimental/eclass/osgi.eclass |
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Im sure Elvanor can't wait for you constructive feedback on his eclass |
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and depending on your feedback the eclass will enter the tree this weekend. |
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ali_bush |
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[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSGi |
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